Site-focused nonparametric test of regional homogeneity based on flood regime

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 301-315

  Cunderlik, Juraj M ^a,b   Burn, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Conestoga Rovers and Associates ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Directional statistics; Flood regime; L moments; Nonparametric distribution; Regional flood frequency analysis; Regional homogeneity; Site focused pooling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HYDROLOGY;

DIRECTIONAL STATISTICS; FLOOD REGIME; REGIONAL FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; REGIONAL HOMOGENEITY; SITE-FOCUSED POOLING;

FLOOD CONTROL;

ALGORITHMS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD FREQUENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 31044432112     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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